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A Randallstown title insurance agent who allegedly stole tens of thousands from her clients to pay her personal bills pleaded guilty to felony theft and felony theft scheme charges, the Maryland Attorney General's Office announced Friday. Carole Tilghman, 50, was sentenced to five years' incarceration, with all but six months home detention suspended. A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge also placed her on five years supervised probation and ordered her to pay $2,500 in restitution. Tilghman, who operated a Randallstown title company called Client 1st Title, allegedly overcharged buyers and sellers on recordation taxes and title abstract fees, keeping the additional money...

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A Randallstown title insurance agent who allegedly stole tens of thousands from her clients to pay her personal bills pleaded guilty to felony theft and felony theft scheme charges, the Maryland Attorney General's Office announced Friday.
Carole...

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible.
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This roundup of crime briefs from around the area isn't meant to be a comprehensive compilation of Maryland crime news, but a snapshot of some of the newsworthy incidents from across our region.
Here's a look at some of the crime that's happened recently...

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